Bible Content: C - OT Key People Flashcards
Adam
Genesis 1:26
First man created by God
Adam’s sons
Genesis 4:1-2; 5:4, 25
* Cain - first born of Adam and Eve.
* Abel - second born of Adam and Eve.
* Seth - God appointed another seed, ancestry of Jesus Christ.
Noah’s sons
Genesis 5:32; 6:9-10
* Shem - Messianic line
* Ham - Father of Canaan, cursed because he saw his father’s nakendness
* Japheth
Terah
Genesis 11:27-32
The father of Abram.
Abraham
Genesis 12-25
Called by God to leave his country of Haran. He is renamed Abraham in Genesis 17.
Hagar
Genesis 16
Maidservant of Sarai who bore Ishmael to Abraham.
Lot
Genesis 19:37-38
Son of Haran, father of the Ammonites and Moabites. Victim of deception by his daughters after the destruction of Sodom. Abraham’s nephew.
Abraham’s children
- Ishmael - Hagar (Genesis 16:15)
- Isaac - Sarah (Genesis 21:5)
- Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah - Keturah
Isaac’s wife
Genesis 24:15, 67
* Rebekah, daugher of Bethuel, son of Milcah, wife of Nahor, Abraham’s brother
Laban
Genesis 24:29
Brother of Rebekah, Isaac’s wife, and father of Leah and Rachel.
Isaac’s children
Jacob - quiet lived in tents
Esau - hunter, father of Edomites, sold birth-rite for lentil stew
Rachel and Leah
Genesis 29:16
* daughers of Laban. Laban tricked Jacob into working 14 years for both daughters. Jacob’s wives.
* Rachel - beautiful and loved by Jacob. Closed womb early. Children: Joseph and Benjamin. Children through Bilah: Dan and Naphtali
* Leah - blessed by God with many children. Children: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebuluon, Dinah. *Children through Zilpah: *Gad and Asher
Who wrestled with God?
Genesis 32:28, 30
Jacob at Peniel was where his named was changed to Israel
Dinah
Genesis 34:1-2
Jacob’s daugher born to Leah. She was raped by Shechem
Tamar
Genesis 38:6, 15-16
Judah’s daughter-in-law whom he mistook for a prostitute.
Joseph
Genesis 37-50
Joseph is the 11th son of Jacob, and the first son to his wife Rachel. Jacob loved him more than any of his other sons.
Manasseh and Ephraim
Genesis 48:11
Joseph’s two sons.
Zipporah
Exodus 2, 4
Wife of Moses. She circumcised her son.
Jethro
Exodus 18
Priest of Midian and Moses’ father-in-law
Nadab and Abihu
Leviticus 10
Aaron’s sons who were killed becaus they offered an unauthorized fire.
Joshua
Deut. 13
Successor of Moses, leader of Israel.
Deborah
Judges 4, 5
Prophetees and judge of Israel who helped to deliver her people from Jabin and Sisera. Composed a song of triumph.
Achan
Joshua 7
He stole the plunder from the Assyrians and caused the Israelites to lose a battle. God punished Israel and all of Achan’s possessions and family was destroyed.
Caleb
Nu. 13; Joshua 14-15
One of the twelve spies whom Moses sent to spy out The Promised land and gave a good report. Only him and Joshua stood against the other ten and declared that Israel should take the land. The place was known as Kadesh Barnea. Inherits Hebron and conquers his territory with Othniel’s help.
Korah
Numbers 16
A Levite who rebelled against Moses and God caused the ground to swallow him up along with his followers.
Balaam
Numbers 22-24
Balak asked Balaam to curse the Israelites, but he refused. God spoke to Balaam through a donkey.
Trans-Jordan tribes
Numbers 32
Reuben, Gad, half tribe of Manasseh
Rahab
Joshua 2
Prostitute in Jericho who helped the two spies. Messianic line and hall of faith (Hebrews 11)
How many men were in Gideon’s army when they attacked the Ammonites?
Judges 7
300
Gideon
Judges 6-8
Called by an angel. The great judge of Israel who delivered his people from Midian; he was given the name Jerubbaal. Takes revenge on Succoth and Penuel (Judges 8). Refuses kingship, makes and ephod. Fathers 71 sons.
Who was Gideon’s son who tried to kill his half-brother?
Judges 9
Abimelech
Delilah
Judges 16
Philistine woman who deceived Samson
Ruth
Ruth 1-4
Moabite daughter-in-law of Naomi and later wife of Boaz. She was the great-grandmother of David and therefore an ancestor of Christ.
Elimelech
Ruth 1
Ruth’s deceived father-in-law, Naomi’s husband
Hannah
1 Samuel 1
Elkanah’s barren wife whom God blessed with the child Samuel
Samuel
1 Samuel
Born in answer to prayer and dedicated to God (1 Samuel 1). Prophet and last judge of Israel. He anointed Saul and later David as king.
Hophni and Phineas
1 Samuel 2
Eli’s wicked sons
Dagon
1 Samuel 5
Philistines god which fell face down in the presence of the ark.
Kish
1 Samuel 9
Father of Saul; from the tribe of Benjamin.
Bathsheba
2 Samuel 11
Wife of Urriah the Hittite, who King David took as his own. She became pregnant and King David had Urriah killed in Battle. David wrote Psalm 51 as a result. Because of David’s sin the child dies. Then she gives birth to Solomon. Later she secures the throne for Solomon.